Get searchView text when search button is clicked

Question

I'm new to android programming.

I have a problem with searchview. when I use textlistener, it ALWAYS checks the text while typing and not till user actually taps search in the search bar!

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) findViewById(R.id.Search_View);
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
                ///Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),query,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return false;
            }

            @Override
            public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),newText,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return false;
            }
        });

so when I type in searchbox, the message toasted letter by letter while I'm typing and not let me click on search on keyboard.

I searched a lot and couldn't find a solution. Thanks for your solutions... :)

Answer 1

SearchView is supposed to give users suggestion while typing. If you need to serch entire sentence or word consider using a EditText with a button instead of SearchView. Set listener to the button and start action (Toast the message) after user tap it.